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Show OUR CHOCOLATE INDUBTIIV. H Ijtrga (JuantlllM Am l'n.l In Tbl H :tery rr. H "tha American peoplo are evidently H very fond of chocolate, fur thero art H about 12U0U.WU pounds of tho com- modlty consumed In tha United States H annually," said a large wholeaato deal- H or In chocolate beans In llowton to a H writer for tho Star recently. "Two- HJ third of the chocolato Imported Into H thla country Is purchased by chocolate H manufacturer In Massachusetts and H th rest I distributed among the nu- H merout candy Urtus In New York, Phil' H adelphta and elsewhere. There are H three principal grade ot chocolate H which aro known In the trade as ths H Caracas, tb French nnd ths Utrman, Ot tbeae three varieties the Caracas M .. ---4Lbbbbb Caracas chocolato Is a pale brown. lo H flavor It la much stronger than the bbbbbbbbs French or Herman article. To teat the H quality ot chocolato It It only nect tary to put a piece of It In a pan ot B water and let It dissolve. Tbo bettei H grade will have no sediment; the others will. This Is due to the fa'cl that In the cheaper varieties th shell I ground up and used as a tiller. The lighter the chocolate the better the quality. The cheaper grade aro dark H brown, owing to the ground-up shell, H One of the largest cocoa plantation In H tho world Is located In Nicaragua. II H Is owned by n French Unn, whose chocolate Is known all over the world. Their work at .Nolscl turn ont about H 40.000,000 pound ot chocolato a year, H nnd their employes number 1,500, The tinfoil In which tho cakes of chocolate are wrapped coats alone $100,000 per annum. Ths possibilities of cocoa cut- H tlvatlon In Central America nro not yet fully realised outside ot Franco. H When they are there will bo n big H 'boom' for lands suitable for ths pur- LH pose." Washington Star. H |
